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Provider	Monthly	Disk Space	Bandwidth	Reviews
InMotion	$6.95	Unlimited	Unlimited	InMotion Hosting offers a full range of web hosting options...
BlueHost	$6.95	Unlimited	Unlimited	A good place to begin exploring BlueHost's...
HostGator	$6.95	350 GB	3000 GB	It is with a smile that I write this HostGator web hosting review...
1 and 1	$2.99	10 GB	300 GB	The 1 and 1 web hosting (1and1.com) services offered to the small and...
Lunarpages	$6.95	1500 GB	15000 GB	Lunarpages web hosting took root in the year 2000...

These web hosting providers are a sampling taken from our reviews and ones that the editors have chosen as worthy of consideration. All of these web hosts offer shared hosting plans. Each provider has its own strengths.

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Why is there so much Internet chatter and enthusiasm surrounding web hosting? The search for the perfect web host is not unlike some of the great quests of history--the holy grail, the fountain of youth and perhaps even the California Gold Rush. The urban legendary Elvis sightings also come to mind. How many times have you read about a hot new web hosting company on a discussion forum or blog? Did it fulfill customer expectations? With the large numbers of domains being registered and new web sites going live, hosting services are plentiful, competitive and often aggressive in marketing products. This site aims to cut through the hoopla and get to the facts about web hosting (and most importantly, have fun doing it). We want to ask, get answers and exchange opinions on some of the big web hosting questions like... Read More.

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1. What is Web Hosting?
2. Difference in Registrar & Host
3. Types of Hosting
4. Getting a Web Site Online
5. Choosing a Web Host
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What is Web Hosting?

Before doing any shopping or comparing of web hosts, it's important to have a firm understanding of what web hosting actually is. Here's a shot at a simple definition of web hosting:

A company that sells server space and bandwidth to subscribers wishing to run their own web sites

Any time you site in front of your computer, open Internet Explorer or Firefox and visit a web page, remember that what you are seeing represented on your screen is actually a file or set of files hosted on a server somewhere. Read more...